Unit 1: Week 1

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  1. compression
    the act of applying force
    Five times I pressed down. Five compressions.
  2. minute
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
    But about a minute later, I stopped the boat right in the middle of the Corsica River, in the pouring rain, to fold my hands.
  3. neutral
    a disengaged position, as of gears
    I just sat there with the engine in neutral, resting my head against the fingers of the tightly folded hands, because it had just hit me what happened.
  4. grumble
    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
    “Better not be a squirrel or something stupid like that,” I grumbled as I swung the boat toward the cove.
  5. insistent
    repetitive and persistent
    Once, she barked at the ceiling in our basement so insistently that my father pulled down part of the insulation and found a possum’s nest made out of leaves.
  6. intentional
    done or made with purpose and will
    Unless Mrs. DiAngelo had intentionally paddled up one of the creeks, there was no way they would have drifted here.
  7. normal
    conforming with a standard, level, or type
    Normally, he’d be out on the water.
  8. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
    Plot is the pattern of events in a story.
  9. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
    Characters are the people or animals in a story.
  10. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
    A plot has a conflict, or a problem; rising action, when the conflict builds; a climax, when characters meet the conflict; and a resolution, when the conflict is resolved.
Created on Thu Jul 16 12:26:03 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Sep 25 09:19:40 EDT 2020)

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